He asked the then foreign secretary Krishnan Srinivasan to convey it to the American side and the latter told the same to the then US deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott and he was very quick to respond. [Obama's Taj Mahal visit gets cancelled]

Narasimha Rao's foreign policy had marked a new shift in India's West policy

It was said that Clinton was extremely enthusiastic to reciprocate to Rao's idea but could not because of the State of the Union speech which was due to be held on January 24 that year. [Clinton takes credit for ending US-India rift]

Clinton and Rao missed the chance to make history. But Obama and Modi did not.